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Physical activity and grant programme now open
The Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Team within Hertfordshire County Council Public Health is opening its application window to all community and voluntary organisations in Hertfordshire to apply for grants to promote...
Strategies if you wish to review
Both the Hertfordshire Dementia Strategy 2022 -27 and the Mental Health Strategy 2022 -27 consultations are now live and can be found on the HCC consultation web page. Hertfordshire Dementia Strategy Mental Health Strategy There is a survey included and the...
LeDeR update: Learning from Lives and Deaths Programme
The new Learning from Lives and Deaths LeDeR policy (2021) introduced reviewing the deaths of autistic people without a learning disability for the first time. The LeDeR online notification system has now been updated, and deaths of adults with a clinical diagnosis of...
Hertfordshire’s Market Position Statement has now gone live
Hertfordshire County Council takes the lead for the delivery and commissioning of adult social care right across the county of Hertfordshire, and work with partners in the NHS and in Children’s services to ensure their support is...
NICE resources to help support autistic people
Quick guide: enabling positive lives for autistic adults. Quick guide: assessment and diagnosis of autism, what to expect. Webinar: supporting adults with learning disabilities and/or autistic...
Vitamin D
In 2016 Public Health England issued guidance that population groups at increased risk of vitamin D deficiency (such as people who are confined indoors, including those in care homes) should take a daily 10 micrograms/400 units vitamin D supplement throughout the...
Booster vaccine provides 88% protection against the Omicron variant
According to the UKHSA hospitalisation from vaccines is good against the Omicron variant. What they found: • One dose of any vaccine was associated with a 35% reduced risk of hospitalisation among symptomatic cases with the Omicron variant. • Two doses with a...